Advance reservation

Miscellaneous

It is recommended to change clothes and foot-wear before a session, as participants may get wet. Participants are not required to wear special clothes or foot-wear.

The payment may be done by bank transfer in advance or in cash and/or by payment card in the booking-office of the Dolphinarium (during the working hours of the Dolphinarium).

The payment is repaid if and when a session is cancelled at the initiative of the Museum.

During a session, visitors are acquainted with the animals of the Dolphinarium and its history. They are briefed on the species of dolphins on the whole and the one living in the Dolphinarium, as well as their character, temper and other peculiarities. Trainers explain why dolphins are trained, what is their natural behaviour, how dolphin shows are developed, what is their weight, how high they jump out of the water, how playful they are and how they contact with humans and other animals. Also, their social behaviour, living in groups, behaviour and possibilities of their echolocation system is described. Training devices and principle elements will be demonstrated. The procedure of training of certain show elements will be explained. The procedure of feeding will be demonstrated, participants will be encouraged to feed the dolphins themselves. Participants will learn to give commands (e.g. to dance, to circle or to do a somersault).

* Children (4 years and older) to dolphinarium; children (6 years and older) to sea fauna and navigation history exhibitions in the Nerija fort.
** Schoolchildren holding a certificate.
*** Daytime-department students holding an international student card (ISIC).
**** Retired seniors from EU and EEA.
***** Adults with disabilities who have an average level of disability and have a valid license.

Photography and filming for personal use - free of charge.

Lithuanian Sea Museum administration has the right to change ticket prices.

I. TICKET ACQUISITION RULES

1. The visitors are admitted to the Museum during the opening hours of the Museum only, upon acquisition of tickets in the Ticket office of the Museum and/or online. The Ticket office is closed 30 minutes before the closing time of the Museum.

2. It is possible to pay for tickets and/or other services in cash, by bank card and/or by bank transfer (if agreed separately) or by using the electronic sales and administration system of the Museum.

3. A visitor should keep his/her ticket at all times until the end of his/her visit to the Museum and, upon request, provide the ticket to a responsible staff member of the Museum.

4. Ticket prices and respective discounts are approved by a separate order of the Director of the Museum. Upon the Director's written consent, target groups may be admitted to the Museum free of charge. The Museum shall be entitled to apply short-term discounts (campaigns). Respective information is provided in the Ticket office and the website of the Museum. Also, information is provided by phone.

5. A ticket is acquired for a single visit only. It is valid for the acquisition date. The duration of validity of a ticket may be extended for 30 days following its acquisition date by marking a ticket with a special mark.

6. A visitor should not spoil, fold, tear, stain or otherwise damage a ticket. The Museum shall be entitled to refuse entrance to visitors with damaged tickets which are not recognized by a scanner.

7. Persons wishing to acquire tickets with discount or visit the Museum free of charge should provide a cashier with a respective certificate granting such right. If a person refuses to provide a respective document, the discount is not applied. During the control of tickets and/or visit to the Museum a visitor may be asked to provide a respective document together with a discount ticket. Discount tickets should be used by persons having acquired the same only. It is prohibited to hand over a ticket with discount to other persons.

8. Acquired tickets are not exchanged and/or refunded except for the cases when services are not provided through the fault of the Museum.

9. However, tickets are not refunded in the event of force majeure circumstances (Item 1, Article 6.212 of the Civil Code of the Republic of Lithuania).

II. DISCOUNTS AND OTHER VISITING CONDITIONS IN DOLPHINARIUM

Tickets at a half price are available for:

1. Children (4 years of age and older to the dolphinarium; 6 years of age and older to the aquarium and museums' exhibition);

2. Schoolchildren;

3. Students of full-time studies - nationals of the Republic of Lithuania and other Member States of the European Union studying in higher education institutions of the European Union, as well as students of full-time studies studying in vocational training establishments;

4. Retired old age nationals of the Member States of the European Union and European Economic Area;

5. Adults with moderate disability.

Tickets with discount (for the price fixed for organized visitor groups) are available for:

6. Adults with mild disability;

7. Organized visitor groups consisting of more than 15 persons.

The following visitors are admitted free of charge:

1. Children up to 4 years of age (without providing them a separate seat) to the dolphinarium; children up to 6 years of age to the aquarium and museums' exhibition.

2. Persons with severe disability, disabled children up to 18 years of age and accompanying persons (one disabled - one accompanying person);

3. Creators and sponsors of the Museum as well as other persons holding special permits/invitations issued by the Administration of the Museum;

4. Employees of all museums of the Republic of Lithuania upon presentation of a respective employment certificate;

5. Adults accompanying organized children's groups (one adult - ten children). A ticket with discount for an accompanying person is handed over in the Ticket office or issued online when buying tickets for a group of children;

6. One guide, one group leader and one bus driver when buying a group ticket (a ticket with discount could not be transferred to another person);

7. Orphans and children from boarding-schools or care institutions and their accompanying persons (one adult - ten children), upon presentation of a list of children and documents attesting their status at the Ticket office.

Lithuanian Sea Museum
Smiltynės Str. 3 LT-93100, Klaipėda

From Klaipėda. Take a passenger ferry from the Old Ferry Terminal (addr. Danės St. 1, Klaipėda) or a ferry for vehicles from the New Ferry Terminal (addr. Nemuno St. 8, Klaipėda) to Smiltynė. The distance from the passenger ferry terminal to the Lithuanian Sea Museum is 1,8 kilometer. Take a bus, ride a bicycle or walk on foot to get to the Museum. The distance from the vehicles terminal is 7 kilometers. Come to the Museum by car/ bicycle or on foot.

By intercity bus or train. The distance from Klaipėda Bus or Railway Station to the Old Ferry Terminal (addr. Danės St. 1, Klaipėda) is 2,2 kilometers. To get to the Old Ferry Terminal take a bus 8 (get off at the stop Atgimimo and walk 1 kilometer to the terminal), walk on foot or take a taxi.